# CVE-2023-1972: A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in \_bfd\_elf\_slurp\_version\_tables() in bfd/elf.c.

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-05-17 · Updated: 2025-01-22

## Affected

- n/a binutils: affected at least binutils 2.40

## Description

A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf.c. This may lead to loss of availability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a binutils, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2185646
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30285
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-15

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